When the “factory model” Fails our Kids: A Conversation with Komal Shah
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Host Cory Greenberg speaks with Komal Shah, a former classroom teacher who stepped outside of the system to look at it with a microscope. She found a system built around a goal of external marketable success, rather than a student's inner fulfillment. They talk about how our institutions were actually built on the factory model, preparing our youth to assemble products or follow a scripted procedure, not to innovate and solve the problems of today's world. Now the drum beat of grades, test scores, acceptance to top colleges is squashing our kids' love and thirst for learning. What the heck do we do about it?
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About our guest:
Komal Shah is an education consultant and thought leader on a mission to transform the world through conscious education. After Komal spent five years in the Teach For America program as a middle school educator, she was left wanting more. She wanted more for her kids, all kids. To pursue this dream, she attended USC Marshall School of Business where she received her MBA. She published her book, Raise Your Hand! A Call for Consciousness in Education, in 2021. Today she leverages her passion for education, business expertise, and her personal conscious living practices.
Find her at:
Website: https://thekomalshah.com
Instagram: @consultkomal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/consultkomal
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/consultkomal/
One of her many podcast episodes
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Raise Your Hand!: A Call for Consciousness and Education, Komal Shah
The Parent Classroom, Komal Shah
Book of Children (Foundations of a New Humanity), OSHO
